Category Archives: Gospel of Mark

The Parable of the Mesquite Tree

Posted on June 19, 2018 by Neil

I know that many people remember times growing up when they would walk through the grass without shoes, feeling the thin blades tickle their toes; that was not my experience growing up. On one hand the grass in south Texas … Continue reading →

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Mark’s Portrait of the Jesus and the World He Lived in Part 5

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Neil

Mark’s Portrait of the Jesus and the World He Lived in Part 5: Structure and Reading in Light of the Cross This final entry on these windows into how Mark presents Jesus and his world to us deals with two … Continue reading →

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Mark’s Portrait of Jesus and The World He Lived in Part 4

Posted on November 16, 2015 by Neil

Mark’s Portrait of Jesus and The World He Lived in Part 4: A Scripture Shaped World When I originally did my presentation on the Gospel of Mark and the way that it interacts with the world in which Jesus lived … Continue reading →

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Mark’s Portrait of Jesus and the World He Lived In: Part 3

Posted on November 13, 2015 by Neil

Mark’s Portrait of Jesus and the World He Lived In: Part 3 Second Temple Judaism: Pharisees, Sadducees and Zealots, oh my The time of Jesus’ ministry takes place within a time scholars call Second Temple Judaism. Second Temple Judaism is … Continue reading →

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Mark’s Portrait of Jesus and the World in which He Lived Part 2

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Neil

Mark’s Portrait of Jesus and the World in which He Lived Part 2: The Pax Romans and the Peace of Christ In the 1990s and early 2000s there was a vast amount of writing done by New Testament scholars that … Continue reading →

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Mark’s Portrait of Jesus and the World He Lived In: Part 1

Posted on November 11, 2015 by Neil

Mark’s Portrait of Jesus and the World He Lived In   This is originally a class I did with my congregation in February and March of 2015, where I looked at several different ways to approach Mark’s gospel and the … Continue reading →

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The Rejected Kingdom- A Sermon on the Crucifixion in Mark’s Gospel

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Neil

  33 When it was noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. 34 At three o’clock Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have … Continue reading →

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